Staff Engineer - Graphics

Company:Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:

Staff Engineer – Graphics Driver (Adreno GPU)

Location: Hyderabad, India

Job Overview

Qualcomm is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Engineer to join our Graphics Driver team in Hyderabad. The team is responsible for developing cutting-edge graphics drivers for Qualcomm’s Adreno GPUs, enabling high-performance gaming, AR/VR, and rich user experiences across Android and other mobile platforms.

As a Staff Engineer, you will play a key technical leadership role in designing, developing, optimizing, and debugging advanced graphics features across modern APIs such as OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and ANGLE, working closely with cross-functional teams including hardware, compiler, and system software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance GPU driver components for Adreno GPUs.
• Work extensively on graphics APIs including OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and ANGLE.
• Analyze and optimize graphics workloads for performance, power efficiency, and memory usage on mobile platforms.
• Debug complex graphics issues across the software stack, including driver, framework, and application layers.
• Collaborate with hardware architecture, compiler, and performance teams to enable new GPU features.
• Drive root-cause analysis of customer issues, game/application failures, and benchmark regressions.
• Contribute to conformance and certification efforts (e.g., Khronos CTS) for graphics APIs.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within the team.
• Participate in design reviews and influence architecture decisions for future GPU and driver enhancements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience, OR
• Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience, OR
• PhD with 4+ years of experience.
• Strong programming expertise in C/C++.
• Solid understanding of operating systems concepts (memory management, concurrency, synchronization).
• Experience in system-level software development and debugging.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with graphics APIs such as OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and/or Direct3D/ANGLE.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture, rendering pipelines (rasterization, tiling, shading), and graphics concepts.
• Experience working on graphics drivers, compilers, or low-level system software.
• Familiarity with Android graphics stack (SurfaceFlinger, HWComposer, EGL, Gralloc, etc.).
• Knowledge of mobile SoC architecture including CPU/GPU interaction and memory subsystems.
• Experience with performance analysis tools and GPU debugging techniques.
• Exposure to game engines (e.g., Unreal, Unity) or real-world graphics applications.
• Experience with conformance testing (Khronos CTS) and industry standards.

Required Skills & Knowledge

• Strong fundamentals in computer graphics and rendering techniques.
• Deep knowledge of at least one modern graphics API:
  • OpenGL ES
  • Vulkan
  • ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine)
• Understanding of the Android and mobile ecosystem, including application-to-driver interactions.
• Proven ability to debug complex, cross-layer issues in a large software stack.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.

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